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1 /* Generic BFD support for file formats.
2 Copyright (C) 1990-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 Written by Cygnus Support.
5 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
7 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
12 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
19 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston,
20 MA 02110-1301, USA. */
24 SECTION
25 File formats
27 A format is a BFD concept of high level file contents type. The
28 formats supported by BFD are:
30 o <<bfd_object>>
32 The BFD may contain data, symbols, relocations and debug info.
34 o <<bfd_archive>>
36 The BFD contains other BFDs and an optional index.
38 o <<bfd_core>>
40 The BFD contains the result of an executable core dump.
42 SUBSECTION
43 File format functions
46 #include "sysdep.h"
47 #include "bfd.h"
48 #include "libbfd.h"
50 /* IMPORT from targets.c. */
51 extern const size_t _bfd_target_vector_entries;
54 FUNCTION
55 bfd_check_format
57 SYNOPSIS
58 bool bfd_check_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
60 DESCRIPTION
61 Verify if the file attached to the BFD @var{abfd} is compatible
62 with the format @var{format} (i.e., one of <<bfd_object>>,
63 <<bfd_archive>> or <<bfd_core>>).
65 If the BFD has been set to a specific target before the
66 call, only the named target and format combination is
67 checked. If the target has not been set, or has been set to
68 <<default>>, then all the known target backends is
69 interrogated to determine a match. If the default target
70 matches, it is used. If not, exactly one target must recognize
71 the file, or an error results.
73 The function returns <<TRUE>> on success, otherwise <<FALSE>>
74 with one of the following error codes:
76 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
77 if <<format>> is not one of <<bfd_object>>, <<bfd_archive>> or
78 <<bfd_core>>.
80 o <<bfd_error_system_call>> -
81 if an error occured during a read - even some file mismatches
82 can cause bfd_error_system_calls.
84 o <<file_not_recognised>> -
85 none of the backends recognised the file format.
87 o <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>> -
88 more than one backend recognised the file format.
91 bool
92 bfd_check_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format)
94 return bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, format, NULL);
97 struct bfd_preserve
99 void *marker;
100 void *tdata;
101 flagword flags;
102 const struct bfd_arch_info *arch_info;
103 struct bfd_section *sections;
104 struct bfd_section *section_last;
105 unsigned int section_count;
106 unsigned int section_id;
107 struct bfd_hash_table section_htab;
108 const struct bfd_build_id *build_id;
109 bfd_cleanup cleanup;
112 /* When testing an object for compatibility with a particular target
113 back-end, the back-end object_p function needs to set up certain
114 fields in the bfd on successfully recognizing the object. This
115 typically happens in a piecemeal fashion, with failures possible at
116 many points. On failure, the bfd is supposed to be restored to its
117 initial state, which is virtually impossible. However, restoring a
118 subset of the bfd state works in practice. This function stores
119 the subset. */
121 static bool
122 bfd_preserve_save (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_preserve *preserve,
123 bfd_cleanup cleanup)
125 preserve->tdata = abfd->tdata.any;
126 preserve->arch_info = abfd->arch_info;
127 preserve->flags = abfd->flags;
128 preserve->sections = abfd->sections;
129 preserve->section_last = abfd->section_last;
130 preserve->section_count = abfd->section_count;
131 preserve->section_id = _bfd_section_id;
132 preserve->section_htab = abfd->section_htab;
133 preserve->marker = bfd_alloc (abfd, 1);
134 preserve->build_id = abfd->build_id;
135 preserve->cleanup = cleanup;
136 if (preserve->marker == NULL)
137 return false;
139 return bfd_hash_table_init (&abfd->section_htab, bfd_section_hash_newfunc,
140 sizeof (struct section_hash_entry));
143 /* Clear out a subset of BFD state. */
145 static void
146 bfd_reinit (bfd *abfd, unsigned int section_id, bfd_cleanup cleanup)
148 _bfd_section_id = section_id;
149 if (cleanup)
150 cleanup (abfd);
151 abfd->tdata.any = NULL;
152 abfd->arch_info = &bfd_default_arch_struct;
153 abfd->flags &= BFD_FLAGS_SAVED;
154 abfd->build_id = NULL;
155 bfd_section_list_clear (abfd);
158 /* Restores bfd state saved by bfd_preserve_save. */
160 static bfd_cleanup
161 bfd_preserve_restore (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_preserve *preserve)
163 bfd_hash_table_free (&abfd->section_htab);
165 abfd->tdata.any = preserve->tdata;
166 abfd->arch_info = preserve->arch_info;
167 abfd->flags = preserve->flags;
168 abfd->section_htab = preserve->section_htab;
169 abfd->sections = preserve->sections;
170 abfd->section_last = preserve->section_last;
171 abfd->section_count = preserve->section_count;
172 _bfd_section_id = preserve->section_id;
173 abfd->build_id = preserve->build_id;
175 /* bfd_release frees all memory more recently bfd_alloc'd than
176 its arg, as well as its arg. */
177 bfd_release (abfd, preserve->marker);
178 preserve->marker = NULL;
179 return preserve->cleanup;
182 /* Called when the bfd state saved by bfd_preserve_save is no longer
183 needed. */
185 static void
186 bfd_preserve_finish (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, struct bfd_preserve *preserve)
188 if (preserve->cleanup)
190 /* Run the cleanup, assuming that all it will need is the
191 tdata at the time the cleanup was returned. */
192 void *tdata = abfd->tdata.any;
193 abfd->tdata.any = preserve->tdata;
194 preserve->cleanup (abfd);
195 abfd->tdata.any = tdata;
197 /* It would be nice to be able to free more memory here, eg. old
198 tdata, but that's not possible since these blocks are sitting
199 inside bfd_alloc'd memory. The section hash is on a separate
200 objalloc. */
201 bfd_hash_table_free (&preserve->section_htab);
202 preserve->marker = NULL;
206 FUNCTION
207 bfd_check_format_matches
209 SYNOPSIS
210 bool bfd_check_format_matches
211 (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching);
213 DESCRIPTION
214 Like <<bfd_check_format>>, except when it returns FALSE with
215 <<bfd_errno>> set to <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>>. In that
216 case, if @var{matching} is not NULL, it will be filled in with
217 a NULL-terminated list of the names of the formats that matched,
218 allocated with <<malloc>>.
219 Then the user may choose a format and try again.
221 When done with the list that @var{matching} points to, the caller
222 should free it.
225 bool
226 bfd_check_format_matches (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching)
228 extern const bfd_target binary_vec;
229 #if BFD_SUPPORTS_PLUGINS
230 extern const bfd_target plugin_vec;
231 #endif
232 const bfd_target * const *target;
233 const bfd_target **matching_vector = NULL;
234 const bfd_target *save_targ, *right_targ, *ar_right_targ, *match_targ;
235 int match_count, best_count, best_match;
236 int ar_match_index;
237 unsigned int initial_section_id = _bfd_section_id;
238 struct bfd_preserve preserve, preserve_match;
239 bfd_cleanup cleanup = NULL;
241 if (matching != NULL)
242 *matching = NULL;
244 if (!bfd_read_p (abfd)
245 || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end)
247 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
248 return false;
251 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
252 return abfd->format == format;
254 if (matching != NULL || *bfd_associated_vector != NULL)
256 size_t amt;
258 amt = sizeof (*matching_vector) * 2 * _bfd_target_vector_entries;
259 matching_vector = (const bfd_target **) bfd_malloc (amt);
260 if (!matching_vector)
261 return false;
264 /* Presume the answer is yes. */
265 abfd->format = format;
266 save_targ = abfd->xvec;
268 preserve_match.marker = NULL;
269 if (!bfd_preserve_save (abfd, &preserve, NULL))
270 goto err_ret;
272 /* If the target type was explicitly specified, just check that target. */
273 if (!abfd->target_defaulted)
275 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0) /* rewind! */
276 goto err_ret;
278 cleanup = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
280 if (cleanup)
281 goto ok_ret;
283 /* For a long time the code has dropped through to check all
284 targets if the specified target was wrong. I don't know why,
285 and I'm reluctant to change it. However, in the case of an
286 archive, it can cause problems. If the specified target does
287 not permit archives (e.g., the binary target), then we should
288 not allow some other target to recognize it as an archive, but
289 should instead allow the specified target to recognize it as an
290 object. When I first made this change, it broke the PE target,
291 because the specified pei-i386 target did not recognize the
292 actual pe-i386 archive. Since there may be other problems of
293 this sort, I changed this test to check only for the binary
294 target. */
295 if (format == bfd_archive && save_targ == &binary_vec)
296 goto err_unrecog;
299 /* Since the target type was defaulted, check them all in the hope
300 that one will be uniquely recognized. */
301 right_targ = NULL;
302 ar_right_targ = NULL;
303 match_targ = NULL;
304 best_match = 256;
305 best_count = 0;
306 match_count = 0;
307 ar_match_index = _bfd_target_vector_entries;
309 for (target = bfd_target_vector; *target != NULL; target++)
311 void **high_water;
313 /* The binary target matches anything, so don't return it when
314 searching. Don't match the plugin target if we have another
315 alternative since we want to properly set the input format
316 before allowing a plugin to claim the file. Also, don't
317 check the default target twice. */
318 if (*target == &binary_vec
319 #if BFD_SUPPORTS_PLUGINS
320 || (match_count != 0 && *target == &plugin_vec)
321 #endif
322 || (!abfd->target_defaulted && *target == save_targ))
323 continue;
325 /* If we already tried a match, the bfd is modified and may
326 have sections attached, which will confuse the next
327 _bfd_check_format call. */
328 bfd_reinit (abfd, initial_section_id, cleanup);
329 /* Free bfd_alloc memory too. If we have matched and preserved
330 a target then the high water mark is that much higher. */
331 if (preserve_match.marker)
332 high_water = &preserve_match.marker;
333 else
334 high_water = &preserve.marker;
335 bfd_release (abfd, *high_water);
336 *high_water = bfd_alloc (abfd, 1);
338 /* Change BFD's target temporarily. */
339 abfd->xvec = *target;
341 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0)
342 goto err_ret;
344 cleanup = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
345 if (cleanup)
347 int match_priority = abfd->xvec->match_priority;
348 #if BFD_SUPPORTS_PLUGINS
349 /* If this object can be handled by a plugin, give that the
350 lowest priority; objects both handled by a plugin and
351 with an underlying object format will be claimed
352 separately by the plugin. */
353 if (*target == &plugin_vec)
354 match_priority = (*target)->match_priority;
355 #endif
357 if (abfd->format != bfd_archive
358 || (bfd_has_map (abfd)
359 && bfd_get_error () != bfd_error_wrong_object_format))
361 /* If this is the default target, accept it, even if
362 other targets might match. People who want those
363 other targets have to set the GNUTARGET variable. */
364 if (abfd->xvec == bfd_default_vector[0])
365 goto ok_ret;
367 if (matching_vector)
368 matching_vector[match_count] = abfd->xvec;
369 match_count++;
371 if (match_priority < best_match)
373 best_match = match_priority;
374 best_count = 0;
376 if (match_priority <= best_match)
378 /* This format checks out as ok! */
379 right_targ = abfd->xvec;
380 best_count++;
383 else
385 /* An archive with no armap or objects of the wrong
386 type. We want this target to match if we get no
387 better matches. */
388 if (ar_right_targ != bfd_default_vector[0])
389 ar_right_targ = *target;
390 if (matching_vector)
391 matching_vector[ar_match_index] = *target;
392 ar_match_index++;
395 if (preserve_match.marker == NULL)
397 match_targ = abfd->xvec;
398 if (!bfd_preserve_save (abfd, &preserve_match, cleanup))
399 goto err_ret;
400 cleanup = NULL;
405 if (best_count == 1)
406 match_count = 1;
408 if (match_count == 0)
410 /* Try partial matches. */
411 right_targ = ar_right_targ;
413 if (right_targ == bfd_default_vector[0])
415 match_count = 1;
417 else
419 match_count = ar_match_index - _bfd_target_vector_entries;
421 if (matching_vector && match_count > 1)
422 memcpy (matching_vector,
423 matching_vector + _bfd_target_vector_entries,
424 sizeof (*matching_vector) * match_count);
428 /* We have more than one equally good match. If any of the best
429 matches is a target in config.bfd targ_defvec or targ_selvecs,
430 choose it. */
431 if (match_count > 1)
433 const bfd_target * const *assoc = bfd_associated_vector;
435 while ((right_targ = *assoc++) != NULL)
437 int i = match_count;
439 while (--i >= 0)
440 if (matching_vector[i] == right_targ
441 && right_targ->match_priority <= best_match)
442 break;
444 if (i >= 0)
446 match_count = 1;
447 break;
452 /* We still have more than one equally good match, and at least some
453 of the targets support match priority. Choose the first of the
454 best matches. */
455 if (matching_vector && match_count > 1 && best_count != match_count)
457 int i;
459 for (i = 0; i < match_count; i++)
461 right_targ = matching_vector[i];
462 if (right_targ->match_priority <= best_match)
463 break;
465 match_count = 1;
468 /* There is way too much undoing of half-known state here. We
469 really shouldn't iterate on live bfd's. Note that saving the
470 whole bfd and restoring it would be even worse; the first thing
471 you notice is that the cached bfd file position gets out of sync. */
472 if (preserve_match.marker != NULL)
473 cleanup = bfd_preserve_restore (abfd, &preserve_match);
475 if (match_count == 1)
477 abfd->xvec = right_targ;
478 /* If we come out of the loop knowing that the last target that
479 matched is the one we want, then ABFD should still be in a usable
480 state (except possibly for XVEC). This is not just an
481 optimisation. In the case of plugins a match against the
482 plugin target can result in the bfd being changed such that
483 it no longer matches the plugin target, nor will it match
484 RIGHT_TARG again. */
485 if (match_targ != right_targ)
487 bfd_reinit (abfd, initial_section_id, cleanup);
488 bfd_release (abfd, preserve.marker);
489 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0)
490 goto err_ret;
491 cleanup = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
492 BFD_ASSERT (cleanup != NULL);
495 ok_ret:
496 /* If the file was opened for update, then `output_has_begun'
497 some time ago when the file was created. Do not recompute
498 sections sizes or alignments in _bfd_set_section_contents.
499 We can not set this flag until after checking the format,
500 because it will interfere with creation of BFD sections. */
501 if (abfd->direction == both_direction)
502 abfd->output_has_begun = true;
504 free (matching_vector);
505 if (preserve_match.marker != NULL)
506 bfd_preserve_finish (abfd, &preserve_match);
507 bfd_preserve_finish (abfd, &preserve);
509 /* File position has moved, BTW. */
510 return true;
513 if (match_count == 0)
515 err_unrecog:
516 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
517 err_ret:
518 if (cleanup)
519 cleanup (abfd);
520 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
521 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
522 free (matching_vector);
523 if (preserve_match.marker != NULL)
524 bfd_preserve_finish (abfd, &preserve_match);
525 bfd_preserve_restore (abfd, &preserve);
526 return false;
529 /* Restore original target type and format. */
530 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
531 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
532 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized);
534 if (matching)
536 *matching = (char **) matching_vector;
537 matching_vector[match_count] = NULL;
538 /* Return target names. This is a little nasty. Maybe we
539 should do another bfd_malloc? */
540 while (--match_count >= 0)
542 const char *name = matching_vector[match_count]->name;
543 *(const char **) &matching_vector[match_count] = name;
546 else
547 free (matching_vector);
548 if (cleanup)
549 cleanup (abfd);
550 if (preserve_match.marker != NULL)
551 bfd_preserve_finish (abfd, &preserve_match);
552 bfd_preserve_restore (abfd, &preserve);
553 return false;
557 FUNCTION
558 bfd_set_format
560 SYNOPSIS
561 bool bfd_set_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
563 DESCRIPTION
564 This function sets the file format of the BFD @var{abfd} to the
565 format @var{format}. If the target set in the BFD does not
566 support the format requested, the format is invalid, or the BFD
567 is not open for writing, then an error occurs.
570 bool
571 bfd_set_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format)
573 if (bfd_read_p (abfd)
574 || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end)
576 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
577 return false;
580 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
581 return abfd->format == format;
583 /* Presume the answer is yes. */
584 abfd->format = format;
586 if (!BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_set_format, (abfd)))
588 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
589 return false;
592 return true;
596 FUNCTION
597 bfd_format_string
599 SYNOPSIS
600 const char *bfd_format_string (bfd_format format);
602 DESCRIPTION
603 Return a pointer to a const string
604 <<invalid>>, <<object>>, <<archive>>, <<core>>, or <<unknown>>,
605 depending upon the value of @var{format}.
608 const char *
609 bfd_format_string (bfd_format format)
611 if (((int) format < (int) bfd_unknown)
612 || ((int) format >= (int) bfd_type_end))
613 return "invalid";
615 switch (format)
617 case bfd_object:
618 return "object"; /* Linker/assembler/compiler output. */
619 case bfd_archive:
620 return "archive"; /* Object archive file. */
621 case bfd_core:
622 return "core"; /* Core dump. */
623 default:
624 return "unknown";